Department of Economic Development: Money Generation Model 2 Revisions and Reporting Grant

This grant is offered by the Department of Economic Development to update economic impact estimates of national parks on local economies for FY 2011 using the MGM2 model. The research will focus on updating spending profiles and multipliers, estimating direct and secondary economic impacts of visitor spending and park payrolls based on FY 2010 data. Closing date for applications is Jul 05, 2011.

Opportunity ID: 102073

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	E11AC60554
Funding Opportunity Title::	Money Generation Model 2 Revisions and Reporting
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation::	Social/Research
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jun 28, 2011
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 05, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 05, 2011
Archive Date::	Aug 04, 2011
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 83,000
Award Ceiling::	$83,000
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

This is a “Notice of Intent” of a single source task agreement award to Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). This task provides the next logical step in an ongoing project that takes advantage of unique skills, contacts,experience, and resources available to the principal investigator, including access to important economic data at little or no cost that others would have to pay substantial amounts
for. Therefore, it would be completely cost ineffective to move this project elsewhere. This
PI at Michigan State University, has excellent professional and institutional capability and experience to provide all of the skills needed to perform the scope of work. The PI’s current research specializes in visitor spending and economic impacts of recreation and tourism.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Park Service
Description::	The research will update system-wide estimates of the economic impacts of national parks on local economies for FY 2011. MGM2 model spending profiles and multipliers will be updated. Estimates of direct and secondary economic impacts of visitor spending and park payrolls will be estimated for all parks based on FY 2010 recreation visits and payroll data.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	15.945
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00061552
Opening Date:	Jun 28, 2011
Closing Date:	Jul 05, 2011
Agency Contact Information::	Tonya Bradley
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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